Ridging attachment for fertlizer distributors



Nov. 24, 1931. j J. o. 5m.v 1,833,409

RIDGING ATTACHMENT FOR FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTORS Filed Dec. 2. 1929 2Sheets-Shee 1 Nov. 24, 1931. J. o. cscn. 1,833,409

RIDGING' ATTACHMENT FOR FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTORS Filed Dec. 2. 1929 2Sheets-Shee 2 Patented Nov. 24, 1931 UNITED STATES res ns JOSEPH oLrvnnCECIL, OF WEST LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY Assfdnon oFonn-nnin To THOMAS G.HOLMAN,.'OF QWENSBQRO, KENTUCKY RIDGING ATTACHMENTFOB,{FERTIiZERQDISTRIBUTORS Application filed December 2, 1929. SerialNo 411,085;

This invention has for its object the provision of simple and efiicientmeans for expediting the cultivation of tobacco. cessfully grow tobacco,it has been found necessary to set the young plants in fertilizer orvery rich soil and it is also necessary to set the plants in hills oralongthe top of a ridge.

Heretofore it has been necessary to manually form the hills or the ridgeover the deposited fertilizer and, of course, this manual labor is verytiresome and slow. It is, therefore,

the object of the present invention to provide 0 dis-ks 14 carried by-:thelower-ends 0f the, spindles b'ein g thereby; set to run at. theproper depth": andg'at the proper angle. 1* To prevent spreading of thedisks as they are "drawn 'along:the row 'to form ajridgeflI meanswhereby the ridge will be formed mechanically as the fertilizer isdepositedand this object is attained in such an apparatus as isillustrated in the accompany ng drawings. The invention resides'incertain novel features which will'be hereinafter first fully describedand then more particularly defined inthe appended'claim.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fertilizerdistributor having my attachment connected thereto,

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation withthe pressing roller removed, and

Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of the ridging attachment.

The distributor is shown as of the walking type and comprises a frame 1which is adapted to be drawn over the field by draft animals andsupports a hopper 2 from which a spout 3 depends to guide the fertilizeronto the ground along the line intended for the plants. 1

In carrying out my invention, there is provided a pair of beams 8 whichare secured at their front ends to the rear end of the frame and divergerearwardly therefrom, a cross bar or round 9 being secured to and Tosucdisposed between these beams so as tofmaintain'theiproperspacedrelation of the same. In the rear endportions ,of' the beams,-theyare provided with'alongitudinaliseries of openings 10 adaptedtoreceivebolts se'cur-z ing clamps 11 thereto," said clampsincluding bearings 12through"whichspindlesl'd are fittedQ-as shownlaThe'spindles may bead--tjusted vertically and rotatably' within the xbearings 12-and1willbeheldina set position-- by, the clamping" bolts when the. nuts on thelatter are turned home; as will be understood,

provide a chajinj15 which is connected to the. 'l axlesj of. therespective disks andispr-ov ided between itsfen'ds with buckle, or likede- "viceaindicatedi at 16, wherebyrthe lengthflof the-"chainingbeeasil'y andiefficientl y regu-' lated.-- Mounted upon-the outer endsofthe I axles ofthe' 'ridging disks 14 are lower beams 17 .whichconvergelrearwardly "and have apressingroller .18 mounted between their.rear ends, the roller being concave trans versely, as indicated in Fig.2, so that as it is drawn along the ridge formed by the'dis'ks 14 itwill shape the top of the ridge-into a proper watershed and willcompress the soil to the desired firmness over the fertil: izer. Hangers19 are secured at their upper ends to the rear ends of the beams 8 andattheir lower ends to the lower beams 17 r and they are adjustable byreason of the open ings 20 in an obvious manner so that the beams 17 maybe setv at any desired height relative to the beams 8 and the pressureexerted by the presser roller 18 thereby determinedp A brace 21 extendsbetweenjthe lower beams 17 and a scraper 22 is carried by said brace tobear upon the presser roller 18 and keep the surface of the. same inasmooth clean condition. A retractile spring 23 secured at one end tothe. braceQl and at its opposite end to the scraper holds the scraperyieldably. to the roller so that it will I act upon the roller at alltimes.

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ily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection Withthe accom v panying drawings. The machine is drawn along thecontemplated line of plants in Q the usual manner and thefertilizer'will be deposited as desired. The ridging disks 7 t 14 willtravel directly at thefrear :of-the fertilizer distributor and will actupon the, surface soil so as to heap the same in a ridgev Vo'vefthedeposited fertilizer while the resser roller will ride upon thetop ofthe formed ridge and impart to the soil. the desired firm-. ness.By the use of this machine, the ridge I in Which the plants areto be setwill be very l 5 quickly formed at the same time that thefertilizer is:depositedznnd; :th'e wonlc'will be. done without calling for excessivetiling smanuaillaborand will be acmomp'lieluedv in. a- V more uniform:and. satisfactory manner than 1 r r itxeeuldbe donemanually,

Having thus described the invention, I

claim: v i

- An attachmentior fertilizer.'cilistributors comprising ac'pair ofbeams-adapted ,eomiected attheiir front ends the rearend ofla fertilizerdistributor; ridgingldisks Yeamriediby the: ends oft-he beams, ha'tmg-.ers secured to; ithe-rewrend of the fbeams at the rear :of'the-d'isks,lower beams extend- 80' 'i'ng reanwardly' from: the axlesof thedisl csma suppprted by the lower ends: of the hanger-ska resser-roller carriedby mndbej.

tween: the rear ends of the lower beams, a

tlimsverse brace betWeemthe" lower ends of c the 'hangers 'a scrapercarriedbyi'said-braee with its tree-end resting" upon 'presser rollegand, an elastic connection theiiree end of ,the'scraper and theibra-cea.11; testimony whereoi I- my signature. V 40 JOSEPH OLIVER GEGIL.'ELi.S.]

